Lie-Mart

Cnn.com announced today that Walmart is pumping a huge campaign to improve its image, one tarnished by charges of sexual harassment and bleeding the system dry. I'd like to see how Walmart, the world's largest retail establishment, can do or want to do anything altruistic, seeing that for its forty-plus year history, the chain has done nothing to contribute to either the communities where stores are located or for the majority of its employees. Reports from this summer have shown how Walmart is a drain to the system - employees aren't allowed to organize (you're welcome for the cheap prices), they don't have access to health care, female employees have a history of hitting a glass ceiling in promotion and pay, and the entire retail chain pays such low wages that many of their full-time employees require local welfare benefits in the cities which they live. Most people aren't even aware that by frequenting Walmart, they feed the monster- prices keep getting slashed customers are happy local communities are hit with a huge ugly store that pays its workers next to nothing who need public assistance which causes local county and state taxes to increase making most Californians who want everything but refuse to pay for it pissed off at those who are the ones who bag their purchases and stock their shelves and take their complaints and stack their carts and deal with their screaming kids revolt against the government which teaches their kids and paves their roads angry to pass initiatives special interest disguised as democracy system collapse MOLOCH! MOLOCH! MOLOCH! where have you gone Allen Ginsberg a nation holds its lonely eyes to you
If you care, if you're vaguely concerned, if this truly ruffles your feathers, please boycott Sam Walton's economy-killing woman-oppressing community-gauging monstrosity called Walmart and vote with your dollars for other establishments that treat their workers with dignity and respect.